{"id":4180,"date":"2003-01-23T10:03:39","date_gmt":"2003-01-23T15:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2003-01-23T10:03:39","modified_gmt":"2003-01-23T15:03:39","slug":"mourning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/01\/23\/mourning.html","title":{"rendered":"Mourning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Daredevil\"Hrm. Scott <\/a>is right — this advance footage <\/a>of Jennifer Garner as Elektra in the new Daredevil <\/a><\/i>flick is, well, wildly underwhelming. Roughly on a par (plus and minus) with SMG on Buffy<\/i>, but with more bad wire work (and with no good excuse, given the scheduling for movie shoots vs weekly TV). <\/p>\n

I still think the DD suit for the movie looks good, but even his <\/i>moves are looking pretty lame. Daredevil (and Elektra) should both be in the Jet Li\/Jackie Chan\/Bruce Lee class of physicality and action. That’s their characters<\/i>, and what they do (radar vision aside for DD). Take that away, and you’ve got — well, a real disaster on your hands, name stars or not.<\/p>\n

(And, frankly, I don’t even see what little acting goes on in the clip as anything to write home about.)<\/p>\n

Look at the IMDB plot summary: A man blinded by radioactive waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.<\/i> I’m not talking geeky comic fan-boy complaints about whether Garner looks Greek or if Affleck has red hair or what race the Kingpin is. DD is an action <\/i>comic, story, character. If you can’t do convincing fight moves or acrobatics, you shouldn’t be doing this film.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hrm. Scott is right — this advance footage of Jennifer Garner as Elektra in the new Daredevil flick is, well, wildly underwhelming. 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